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[Vcl. 11. No. Mj
■ THE INTELLIGENCE?.,
Ife ..nTiSLISHtS ON TWESBAYS AND FP.IBAYS
Br NORMAN M'l.eAn,
Of* THE LAY,
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DOCUMENTS
Accomptmrjr.g the Ties*
s'ajje’ oi’ the S;h oi’ Nov. 15..8.
“” ‘I
/ u . / ... i . */i. W- . I r . ■. r. fir.-
Great CaanTv.. hoid If a sc, Ajjaft iO. ‘.O’
Str—rl have the honor in con
{■ q-:cnce -Of the orders of she
P.cndertc, to recall you? attention. in
the couHe of fcvqtal recent interviws,
to the British orders in council of the
y h of January and'/uth of Novem
ber, 1807, >r ’ to the various other
orders founded upon tvr in execution
cf them; and I now -take the liberty
to renew, in the mode which I :ave
’ uutiet flood to be inch ::cnfab?e, kjv
inllauces on that {object.
! need fcarcejy rvjiiind yo-.j, f.r,
that the gc.yernmert of; the United
Stahls -has never cvafc-d to cotifider
these oviicrt* as viplaiitig its right , and
affecting mod deilrubii’ fiy j-r inter
cfls, up >n ground* whoMy incdtEifij
ble both in principle aftcl fa?.
The letters of Mr. M.-niTon to
Mr. F.islcme, of the 20th and” 20 b of
March, 1807. produced by .1; obi
Ctal cctrmuiiicatK.n of that minjfier
of the order oi the .71 of > ouarv,
and the ans. cr oi Mr. Mad; Bin o the
£5 h of Match, tbc3, to a bhe cam
ntunleatior. of the order of the 1111
Nov. cotiiaihed -the moil dire cl re.
M -,di; u . - . ‘
* w n - >*.* •*- .? • ... . ...
these orders introduce ;-nd ct-trcut.',
and expreifed the confident expefcfa
thin of the president th:a ;; would net
be peril sled in*
Tht’.t expedition his. net v t he. n
fulfilled ; but ir iuo. noiwhhUaitdinu
ru*t been rclinquifhc.d T he. ptrl:-
deru is ftiil pcrSuaded that its accotn
plilhment will fefuit from a cart ful
review by his rtuijefly-V govern meet,
made in-the fpitit of moderation end
equity, oi the fa cl s end confiderattoos
which belong to the occasion.
It is not tay pur pole to recapitu
late in this note the'Uaifcroenis and.rea
fonings ir* the abovcir.cn
tiop.cd letters of Mr. Madifuo in (up*
port of the claim of the government
ol the United iStstes, that the Lriolh
ciders be revoked. I con'u nt my
fdi with referring to these letters for
proofs which it is not necessary to
npeat. and for arguments which 1
could not hope to improve.
But thofc are explanations which
thole letters -do not contain, and
W’hnh it is proper for me now to
ttuake, Even these, however, may be
. fit icily given, lince you ffhve already
made acquainted, in our late
converiations, with a!! their bearings
and details..
’I hefe explanations go to firew that
while every motive of judicc con
dpirfcs tc produce a difpofi ton to re
fi dl the orders of which my govern
tyeru coin plain, it is become apparent
that tven their profeffed object will
be hell attained by their rcvocauwn.
I had the honor to (late to you, that
it was the intention of the president,
in cafe.Gseat Britain repealed her or
detf, as regarded the United .States,
to exerctfe the power, veiled in him
by the aft ol the Lit session of cori
gsrfs, entitled “An to authorise
the president ol the United States, un
der certain conditions, to luipemi the
operation of the atl laying an etnbar
go on all Blips and vefiejus in tiie pons
hat boss ol the Ujijud <jiaies, and
PUB! JO IN TFT x iG-NCER ‘
SAVANNAH, TUESDAY. November 29, 1308.
’ nelevcia! luppfinv nrary a6t there-!
to, ’oy sulpeiulmg the embatgo law i
* nd its fupplememsj as regards Great
‘5 ii !il UI.
I am authorised to give you this
Mill ranee in the mod formal manner, !
and 1 trull that upon impartial enqyi.
ty, it will be found to leave no, in
ducement to perleveraiice in the Bri
tilh orders, while it creates the mop
powerful inducements oi equity arid
policy to abandon them.
On the fepre of jufticc it does not
Lt ‘• • ; .TVV, *0 ;he ‘r>r,
j upon which ibis ovntuic places the
! fuhjehl ; ands venture to-believe
I diat in any other view there is as little
; room lor doubt.
1!, as I propose, vour orders .shuu! I
be refcinOi and as to the United ..state ,
I and mir embargo rcfclnded as to <
| Britain, the efthets ol thele concur, nt
| abls will be tbdt the comm, ich 1 niter- j
icourfe between the two C'.vuntiie vd! 1
he imine- lately resumed ; while, if
France should adhere to maxim, and
; ccndufct derogatory to ipe j
rights of the Umrcd States, tit- inbai ,
go, continuing cs I-* her,, ill t, th 1
place c'i y tfur orders, and lead, u ij an
eliiraCy not only equal to tiit n’ <ut ;
rmssibiy u.iuch gteatt., to all the j
conilquvbees ‘hat ought to 1 t ti : 1 :
from them*
On the othet hand, il France flteuld ■
cehccr in rc (petting tn.-fe righis, .11., 1
coujinerci’ Ihbuid tiius teg-iin its fair
imminirhe:, c:ul *.he law . i uaii ns in :
pdf doiniwioni, ai! ihc allvdg-d purpo
les of the Bhitiih ciders wtlf h..ve been
at once fulhlicd.
If I so bear to puri’ue ine* * ideas |
through all'tlw* illdiiiatioivs 01 -.viuiti!
n. t ’.onal co.rder- nets u> winch 1 have
Before'alluded, a-s vv< and as the obvious
nature of the ideas thetnfclvcs, reitucr
it tinncceloy-y.
I cannot conclude this note without !
expr- fling my “imeere wi a that what 1
have now fmgrlted In cottforiiitt)
with tlie liberal Icuuinertts and eidight
eii"d views of the preljlient, may con
tribute, hot only ton move the more
immediate obßaclcs to the ordinary
intcrcourfe oi trade between yout
country and'mint, in a manner con
fident with the honor of both, but r. •,
prepare the wa< oi a (at)stabtory ad j
jnfl inerrt of every quellion itnpor an. ,
1 to their future InciKillup.
1 have the honor to be,
TVith the litghdl conlidcration,
Sir,
Your rr.ofi obedient
Humble servant,
(fi;.:ncc) Wh I'*>KNEY. {
’ , |
1 Extract of a !“ler frMi Mr. Fina'ney
to Mr. Maaison.
London, ‘-September 24.
t O ’
w it :
I am r.-rw enabled 10 (ranfmit to
you a copy.of Mr. I arming’s anb-ver,
! received only bdi night, to my note
of the 23d of Augu’l.
i regtet extremely, that the views
which l have bden inßructed to iav
before this govt rmnent have not been
met I'/ it as I had at full been led to
expect. ‘1 he overture cannot fail,
however, to place in a l-'lpug light ihe
i u 't and liberal feniiments by which
uur governtnciU is ammaied, and in
other refpeits to b- ulelul and nonor
ab.e to *mr country.
From Mr. Canning to'Mr. Pinkney.
Fore ign- Olfice, S- pt. 23 1 Sod.
The undcriigned, Li* majeliy 5
principal lecretary-of B*> - lor loieign
a films, had the honor to receive the
official letter addtefled t<s hfm by Mr.
Pi. kuey, mihilter plenipotentiary ol
ific Lotted Jitatcsj icipvt,t.g the ci
in council 1 Rued by his tnwji (ly m
the 7: h of januaty and 1 nit of No
vemhm-. 1807.
He has laid that letter before ih<
hing ; and hs is commanded to afTur
Mr.'Pinkney, that the anfwcr to iht
propolal which Mr. Pinkney was in
truded to bring forward, has been
deferred only in the hope that the re
ewrii application, which was uniter
lood io h ,ve been recently made by
the government of the United States
I • that of France, might in the new
Mi'vof chir'g’ whtr.fi fi.is -. ifeo in Ert
ope, have met with ~ac. a reception
II prance, as would have rendered!
the compliance of his m-jelly with.!
tint propuLi consistent, as much with ‘
-is map-fly’s own dignity and with the
“hrixlis. of his people, as it would
have been with his rnajeflv’s difpofi
don to wards,tile Untied States,
I’happiiy there is now no longer
any reason to be in ve that lueh a hope
I kelv to be realized. And the
uridcrfigiied in ’herefore rommarided
io communicate to Mr, Pinkr.ey the
tecihon which, under the circutn
•’lances as they Hand, his majefiy feels
‘•imii ff compdledj however unwilling
ly, to adopt.
T c mitigated meafur? of retalia
tion announct'd by his ttudelly in the
.'orders in council of the 71b of Jany
rv, and the lutthcr cxte.itton cf that
n-c lure (*it ektentidn in op- ration,
but not in principle) by the order* in
’ unci! of November, were founded
(as has been already repeatedly avow
oh by his majesty ) on ih 1 * u unques
tionable right of his no j-. By th retort
upon the eiietny tire evils hi his own
mjullice.” end i ppn tire ccnfi.rcration
O vOIIS.. - J ,0
: lend l>y thele rctaliaioiy n. aiures,
tiny wete to feck their redress from
tl-e power by whole engmei aggref
fion that retaliation was oqc.lioncd.”
His tnajHly f-.es nothing in the .em
bargo .aid on by thepreftdent of the
United Mares in Ameiica, which va
lie* this original and iimjfie Bate oi
the queßlon.
It considered as a meafureof im
partial hdfiiiity againlt both bellige
renis, the rmbaY-o appears to his
uiaj By to liave been ii.aniß Ely uo
juit. ar, according to every principle
ojjuflice, that red re fs (.u lit to have
ixeu-firft fought l-om the party on
i.-inatir.q the wrong s end his majefiy
cannot con sent to buy off ti-at hoitlh
•y whicn America ought not to have
xtetided to him, at the expend-of a
ionctlfi >n made, not 10 America, Lui
i* ‘
t > r ranee.
If, as it hat mote generally been
: rvprefcmed by the government of the
United Abates, the embargo is only to
he con fide red as innocent municipal
i 1 emulation, which aff.dts non.- but the
i United Slates thcriiftlves,* and with
1 which no foreign Bate has any con
cent j vie wed in this light his mej By
’ docs not concf ive that he lias the right
j or the pretention to make any com-
I plaint of it, and he has made none,
! But in this light there appears not on
‘iy no reciprocity, but no afiignable
i relariQn, between the repeal by the
I United States of a meahire o! volun
iary fell rrflnthon,- and the surrender
by hrs maj sty of his right of rctalia
tior againll hij enemies.
The government of the United
States is not now to be inlotmed, thst
the Berlin decree of November si,
1806, was the practical commence
uictu of an attempt not merdy to
check or impair the piofpeiiety of
Great Biitam; but utterly to anni
hilate her political exillrnee, through
the ruin ofiber commercial prd'pertty ;
that, in this attempt, ahnolt the pow
ers cf the Luiopean have
ucn comp, lied more or lei* to co
‘perate; and .hat the American em
bargo, though moll alluredly not in
enued to that end (for America car*
hrtVC no real intereit in the fub*er(iori
*f theßmifh power- and her rulers
••re too enlightened to ad, from any
impulse againfi the real inierelU of
their country ) —-hut by fame unfor
tunate concurrence of circu-nfUnces,
without any hofitle intention, the
American embargo did come in aid of
”* the blockade of the European con
tinct’ j precifcly at the ver-v moment
whin, *!..( biockidc could ffjve
lucceeded at all, this interpolition of
the American government would moss
effvtlually have contributed to its
fuccds.
Bo this universal his
rtaji fly has opposed a temperate hut
a determined retaliation upon the ene
my; trailing that a linn rcsiftance
would defeat this pr jett; Dut know
ing that the fmalldt cona fli-onwould
infallibly encourage a perleveraiice
in it.
The druggie has been viewed by
otner powers not without an app-e
----hcnlion that it might be fata! to this
counny. I he Britifil govi rnment
has not disguised from it fell that the
trial cf such an experiment might he
arduous and long, though it his never
doubted ol th • final ilfue. But if that
ifTue, Inch as the Biiiifit government
confidently anticipated, has providen
tially arrived much sooner than could
even have been hoped; if‘‘the block
ade of the conrineni,” as it has been
triumphantly By led by the enemy, is
railed even bcfoie it had been well es
txblßb - snd if tHn r, n t iyfifi fi
ex.Ciit i.:ia continuity were -he vital
principles, i* br- k n up into frag
ments utterly harmless, atid
tbie. ii is neverthelefi important in the
Mghefl degree to the reputation of
ilu country (a reputao m which con-
Bitqtes great part of her power) that
this disappointment of die hopes if
her cnemie* should tuff,have been
purefiaied by any conceflion; that
n f, t a doubt should remain to oifiaut
times of her determination and o 1 her
ability to have cm ttnui'd her refin
ance; and that no (ftp which Could
even miflakt n!y be Conllr&ed into < on.
cefliort, should betaken on her pa*
while .he tmalielf Ii: k of the confede
racy remains undissolved ; or while it
can he a quefiion wheth- r the plan
devised for her deHrußmh ha* oi has
not either completely failed or beets
unequivocally abandoned
’ 1 hefe con (ideations compel in's
to adhere to the principles
on which the orders in council of the
7th of januaty and the 2 nh of N'o
vembrr arc founded, fa tonj as France
adheres to that f\ fiem by which his
rrtajejtyV retaliatory mcafurcs were
.ccaSioned and juflified.
It in.not improbable, indeed, that
tome alterations may be made in the
orders in council as they are it present
framed;’ alterations calculated not to
abate their fpiru or impair their princi
ple, but to adapt them more exattiv to
the different hate of thin)** which has
fortunairly s>rown up in i'urope, and
to combine all practicable relief toneu
trals with a more severe prefiurc upon
theefieniy.
£f,ut of alterations to be made with
this view only, it would be unci'’
to ukr any advantage th the ■ .uij
diiciffliou : however, tt rn’ ’ pref< n j
ed, that in their pra^ - . be h- p.
mi # h. prove ben-ijeui , U ’
provided cue op,„ i(W iw,
were not • . ....
•°* prtv * m •*“
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